Lot Essay
For a related example see no. 1888 in Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum.
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HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
Each with a pan-shaped disk, the upturned edge decorated with beaded wire, the disk centered by a rosette, the petals rimmed with beaded wire, beaded wire double-spirals behind the petals, each with a hooked wire on the reverse formed into a loop which supports a solid-cast figure of Eros, the pair antithetically posed, with one leg advanced, their separately-made wings outstretched, depicted nude but for a baldric incised over one shoulder, each holding a mantle across his back in one raised hand and one lowered hand, the hair center parted
Larger: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm.) long (2)
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
Each with a pan-shaped disk, the upturned edge decorated with beaded wire, the disk centered by a rosette, the petals rimmed with beaded wire, beaded wire double-spirals behind the petals, each with a hooked wire on the reverse formed into a loop which supports a solid-cast figure of Eros, the pair antithetically posed, with one leg advanced, their separately-made wings outstretched, depicted nude but for a baldric incised over one shoulder, each holding a mantle across his back in one raised hand and one lowered hand, the hair center parted
Larger: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
American Private Collection, 1980s.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York (The Gifts of the Gods, 1992, no. 47; Living Long Ago, 2003, no. 51; To Dress in Gold, 2004, no. 44).
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York (The Gifts of the Gods, 1992, no. 47; Living Long Ago, 2003, no. 51; To Dress in Gold, 2004, no. 44).